This blog Haiti Solutions supports the growth of political and economic freedom, good governance and human rights in Haiti by educating Haitian citizens, parties and governments on the values and practices of democracy.

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Friday, December 3, 2010

1.APPOINT PARTISAN ELECTORAL PERSONNEL: President Preval and INITE appointed a loyal, partisan nine-member provisional electoral council along with leaders of the departmental and municipal electoral bureaus (BEDs and BECs). They also put in place the polling station personnel in order to manipulate the process and results.

3.RIG THE VOTER LISTS: To prevent the population from voting, the CEP manipulated the voter registration list to ensure voter names were not on the list. Almost 70% of the voters who turned out to vote, returned home frustrated because their names were not on the list. The goal was to ensure a low turnout making it easier to stuff the ballot boxes with pre-marked ballots.

6.ENGAGE OUTSIDE VALIDATORS: INITE and President Preval have engaged the support of certain corrupt foreign functionaries that make money with Preval, the Groupe de Bourdon and the INITE party. These operatives will make statements in support of the electoral process serving as “outside validators” for the process. For a summary of previous corruption, click here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/17/AR2007121701914.html

7.BRIBE JOURNALISTS/INFLUENCE MEDIA COVERAGE: INITE members have paid certain journalists and media outlets not to report election irregularities and essentially to certify the process. Citizens tracking the news have identified five journalists who have omitted any mention of irregularities. These journalists have also made a concerted effort to discredit the 12 presidential candidates who have rejected the elections, and have not reported the protests breaking out around the country.

13 fire fighters from Haiti led by Chief Ardouin Zephirin arrived in Rockville for two weeks of fire and rescue training at Montgomery County Fire Rescue Training Academy http://www.rockvilleliving.com/blog/entries/2009_05_firefighters_from_haiti

Stanley Lucas and Richard R. Bowers, Jr, Chief of the Montgomery County (MD) Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS